Brazil is among the 5 countries that consume the most red meat in the world, says survey

Do you eat meat? If so, it is in the statistics of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The data show how the consumption of this protein is by country and point out which ones put more kilos of this food on their plates.

The information divides consumption into beef, poultry, pork, goats, sheep, and other animals – here, rabbits, camels, horses and other game meats such as deer, for example, come in. example.

Brazil in the ranking

Brazil entered the organization's statistics. The country entered the Top 10 of the nations that consume the most beef in the world, in 5th place.

According to FAO, each Brazilian consumes, on average, 35.4 kg of beef per year. However, this is not the most consumed type of animal protein around here.

Brazilians are more accustomed to consuming poultry meat; is approximately 48.4 kg per person. Right after that is beef. Then pork (14.2 kg), fish and seafood (8.1 kg). Sheep, goats and others share the flashlight with only 1.2 kg per year.

In total consumption, Brazil is in tenth place. Adding all types of meat, it is 99.2 kg per year per person. The top 3 were: Hong Kong (136.3 kg), United States (128.6 kg) and Australia (121.5 kg).

It's a lot of chicken!

According to the FAO survey, in absolute numbers, the US and China eat more chicken. But, in the ranking, they are in 6th and 112th places, respectively in per capita consumption of this type of meat.

Proportionally, smaller countries have a higher average. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a small Caribbean country, has an average consumption of 74.7 kg of poultry per year. Soon after come Israel (68.9 kg), Samoa (65.7 kg) and Trinidad and Tobago (63.1 kg) and Antigua and Barbuda (61.8 kg).

Lamb and other meats

It may not be part of your menu, but there are many other types of meat on the world's dishes – in addition to beef, poultry, pork and fish.

In Mongolia, for example, the most consumed type of protein is that of sheep and goats. It is approximately 66 kg per year.

The explanation is cultural. The taste for this type of meat comes from the construction heritage of the country, a place where there were many skilled shepherds.

And, an addendum: this type of protein is also very popular in Brazil, it's just not as easy to find as a rump steak roast or a bird chicken, for example.

As for game meat, Papua New Guinea leads the ranking. This is the country that most produces this type of food in the world. Among the meats, we highlight wild deer and wild boar.

However, kangaroos, bandicoots (no, not Crash from the PlayStation!) and other marsupials are also consumed.

And in Mongolia, the consumption of horse meat is common. In 2020, the country produced approximately 100 thousand tons of this type of protein.

Check out the map of meat consumption in the world